Planet saturnus

That rings planet Saturn is known in the solar system. Saturn is very far away from the Sun, Saturn Mangkanya look less obvious than Earth. evolusiny 29.46 years. Every 378 days, the Earth, Sun and Saturn will be in a straight line. In addition evolved rotation Saturn has a very short time, ie, 10 hours and 14 minutes.

Saturn has a lower density, because most of the constituent substances such as gases and liquids. Saturn's core is estimated to consist of solid rock with the atmosphere composed of ammonia and methane, which does not allow the existence of life on Saturn.

Saturn's rings are very unique, including thousands of rings that surround the planet. Material of ring formation is still unknown. The researchers suggest that ring was not possible because it is made of solid plates will be destroyed by centrifugal force. However, they may also be made of liquid due to centrifugal force will result in a wave. Until now, it is estimated that the most likely way that the rings are meteorite pieces of ice.

Until 2006, Saturn has 56 known satellites of natural fruit. Seven of them enough mass to be spherical collapse under its own gravitational force. They are Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan (largest satellite with a size larger than the planet Mercury), and Iapetus.

Saturn has the shape of a flattened at the poles, and blown out around the equator. Saturn's equatorial diameter of 120,536 kilometers (74.867 miles) in diameter that the North Pole to the South Pole in 108,728 km (67,535 miles), in contrast to 9%. Flattened form is due to the very fast rotation, rotating every 5 hours and 14 minutes Earth time. Saturn is the only planet in the solar system, whose density is less than water. Although the core Saturn has a higher density than water, the planet has an atmosphere containing the gas, so that the planet relative density is 0.69 g / cm ³ (less than water), as a result, if Saturn is placed on top of a pool filled with water, Saturn would float.